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Technical paper
Low-carbon dairy farm: reducing the climate impact of milk production in the mountains
The Low Carbon Dairy Farm consists of conducting an environmental and technico-economic diagnosis on each farm and identifying potential actions to improve its carbon footprint. The objective is to build a progression strategy in collaboration with the farmer, so that the action plan fits the realities of the farm and...
2021 - Euromontana: the European Association for Mountain Areas
Blog article
Highland agriculture in the hands of women
Women in the Andean highlands of Cocapata, Bolivia, play a leading role in re-establishing peasant ways of farming, while building innovative connections with urban people. In doing so, they are creating agricultural systems that not only nourish the community and its natural resources but that also support vulnerable populations in...
India
2021 - Leisa India
Policy brief/paper
Policy Brief No.3-Extension and Advisory Services in Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia
Mounting evidence points to the fact that climate change is already affecting agriculture and food security, which will therefore make the challenge of ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture even more difficult (FAO 2016). Through Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, the 2030 Agenda calls for...
2021 - Agricultural Extension in South Asia
Blog article
New router database connects EU member states' organic seed databases
A long-awaited solution for seed suppliers, European organic farmers, and national authorities arrived. The new router database will increase the availability of seed of organic varieties and help increase the transparency of the European organic seed market.
EU member states need to establish a national database listing all offered organic seed...
2021 - FIBL
Report
Food systems and nutrition - Handbook for parliamentarians N°32
Parliamentary action is fundamental to securing the right to adequate food for all. Parliamentarians guide and oversee public-sector policies and budget allocations towards transforming food systems that deliver healthy diets for all.
The emergence of COVID-19 has shown the weakness in our food systems. Within three months of COVID-19’s arrival, disruptions...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Respuesta comportamental y electrofisiológica de Rhynchophorus palmarum (L. 1764) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) a compuestos volátiles de hongos entomopatógenos nativos
Rhynchophorus palmarum es plaga relevante en palmeras (Aracaceae) en Brasil. Su respuesta comportamental (olfatometría) y electrofisiológica (electroantenografía, sola y acoplada a cromatografía) se estudió frente a compuestos orgánicos volátiles emitidos por hongos entomopatógenos nativos aislados en Coruripe (Alagoas, Brasil) mediante aireación durante 24 horas. El aislado CVAD01 no originó respuesta comportamental significativa,...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Blog article
Goal 2035. When will we have organic seeds in organic farming?
Organic production is growing – but what about its basis: organic seeds?
Consumers nearly everywhere in Europe tend to buy more and more healthy food – in particular food that is labelled organic. This development has received an additional push through the Corona pandemic, which made many people realise the importance – and vulnerability – of vitality and good health. But does...
2021 - Bioeco Actual
Manual
Recarbonizing global soils: A technical manual of recommended sustainable soil management
Hot spots and bright spots of soil organic carbon
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans....
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Blog article
Regenerative farming shift could reduce UK climate emissions, say experts
Organic farming methods, which use fewer pesticides and store more carbon in soil, are becoming more popular
There is growing momentum behind a shift to ‘regenerative’ agriculture in the UK, which can help to mitigate the climate crisis, say leading experts in the sector.
“More and more people are seeing other farmers doing it [regenerative farming] and are happier for it,” said John Cherry, who founded Groundswell, the UK’s...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2021 - The Guardian
Blog article
Secondary Agriculture – Empowering tribals of Central India
Secondary agriculture offers a viable option of doubling the farmers’ income and also making agriculture competitive.Functional expansion of hitherto traditional agriculture can be a potential way to increase the income of the farmers, particularly those who are small, landless, and dependent on natural resources like forests for their sustenance. Besides...
India
2021 - Leisa India
Report
Enhancing synergies between gender equality and biodiversity, climate, and land degradation neutrality goals: Lessons from gender-responsive nature-based approaches
Lessons from gender-responsive nature-based approaches
Land- and nature-based approaches in the agroforestry and forestry sectors provide a unique opportunity to generate win-wins against the interrelated environmental crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation. Harnessing synergies among these environmental goals, reflected in the Rio Conventions, critically hinges on land-use decisions, which are influenced by...
2021 - Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Article
Drying and cooking effects on the final quality of pea grains (Pisum sativum L.) varieties
Genetic and process factors influence the final quality of dried pea seeds (Pisum sativum L.), particularly the physical properties and the proximal composition. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of air-drying temperature (45, 50, 55 and 60 °C) and cooking on physical and the proximal composition...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Blog article
Loss of a small poultry farm and abattoir
If we value high welfare and local food, we need to value small abattoirs. This film shares the story of Robert Whitwam who runs a chicken farm in Huddersfield. Robert prides himself on the welfare of his animals and the fact they are slaughtered on-farm. He supplies 30 local shops...
2021 - Sustainable Food Trust
Manual
Recarbonizing global soils: A technical manual of recommended sustainable soil management
Cropland, grassland, integrated systems and farming approaches - Case studies
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans....
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Practices
Conversión de la agricultura convencional a la agricultura orgánica paso a paso
Por lo general, la conversión de la producción convencional a la agricultura orgánica se divide en tres etapas. El primer paso es recopilar toda la información relacionada con las prácticas orgánicas que podrían aplicarse en las condiciones de producción. Luego, en una segunda etapa, estas prácticas deben ser probadas en...
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Fact sheet
Reseña de Agricultura Familiar - Perú
La agricultura familiar representa más del 80% de las explotaciones agrícolas en América Latina y el Caribe, llegando a ocupar entre el 12 y el 67% de la superficie agropecuaria. Así también, es la encargada de producir más del 70% de los alimentos en la región (FAO, 2014). La reseña...
Peru
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
Uso de variedades de batata como alternativa para control de vientos
Las provincias de Barahona y Bahoruco están localizadas en zonas de depresión que frecuentemente son atacadas por fenómenos naturales, que ocasionan fuerte vientos e inundaciones, ocasionando grandes daños a los sistemas de producción por su vulnerabilidad a estos fenómenos. En los últimos años el cambio climático ha expuesto esta región...
Dominican Republic
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
E-learning
Practicing Agroecology: Livelihoods, food security and Business
This set of slides introduce the basics of agroecology and the role it can play when building climate resilience in communities. The slides can also form the initial dialogues about how to get started with using agroecology for sustainable production, food security, and environmental protection with partners, farmers, and extension...
2021 - Fabo Learning Lab
Blog article
Growing Organic in Latvia
The question is though – how often do I get to choose between organic and conventionally grown produce here, in Riga, Latvia? Well, it turns out that if I am very motivated, I can find quite a wide variety of products, even locally produced ones except for example exotic fruits,...
Latvia
2021 - IFOAM Organics International
Blog article
Value addition – Making small farms smarter
Family farms produce 80 percent of world’s food from 70.80 percent of farm land. By 2050 food grain production needs to grow 330 MT per year. The small family farms are ecological and play a big role in promoting food security and nutritional support.
In the state of Kerala, the average...
India
2021 - Leisa India
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